Hello, I miss a thread where we could upload pictures of our digiscoping equipment using astroscopes and compact cameras.
I think that the inherent simplicity of the astroscope layout gives also a photographic quality improvement over conventional spotting scopes if you use eyepiece and a compact camera.
In my case I bought a used Televue 76, a real gem for digiscoping, connecting a DSLR at primary focus or connecting a compact camera through an eyepice.
My configuration for using a compact camera:
- Televue 76 scope. 480mm focal length, 76 mm of lens.
- Several 2'' extender tubes, total lenght of about 12 cms. for 3.5 meters of close focus.
- 2'' to 1.25'' adapter.
- Televue Radian 14mm eyepiece for 35x of magnification.
- Televue digital camera adapter ring. It is attached directly on the eyepiece and gives you a 37mm standard thread for connecting a filter adapter.
- Standard cheap filter adapter bought in ebay for the Sony DSC-W5, W7 cameras.
- Sony DSC-W5 and W7 cameras. When the W5 was broken I bought an used W7 in ebay.
- Manfrotto 701 RC2 head.
- Manfrotto 190 MF tripod.
The whole thing is able to focusing as close as 3.5 meters, and is almost free of vignetting from the 38mm to the 114mm focal range of the camera.
This setup provides a total focal length range from 1300mm to 3900mm with great image quality.
Downside: straight connection yields inverted images in your camera... is it possible to get comfortable with it? I really find it very easy.
I think that the inherent simplicity of the astroscope layout gives also a photographic quality improvement over conventional spotting scopes if you use eyepiece and a compact camera.
In my case I bought a used Televue 76, a real gem for digiscoping, connecting a DSLR at primary focus or connecting a compact camera through an eyepice.
My configuration for using a compact camera:
- Televue 76 scope. 480mm focal length, 76 mm of lens.
- Several 2'' extender tubes, total lenght of about 12 cms. for 3.5 meters of close focus.
- 2'' to 1.25'' adapter.
- Televue Radian 14mm eyepiece for 35x of magnification.
- Televue digital camera adapter ring. It is attached directly on the eyepiece and gives you a 37mm standard thread for connecting a filter adapter.
- Standard cheap filter adapter bought in ebay for the Sony DSC-W5, W7 cameras.
- Sony DSC-W5 and W7 cameras. When the W5 was broken I bought an used W7 in ebay.
- Manfrotto 701 RC2 head.
- Manfrotto 190 MF tripod.
The whole thing is able to focusing as close as 3.5 meters, and is almost free of vignetting from the 38mm to the 114mm focal range of the camera.
This setup provides a total focal length range from 1300mm to 3900mm with great image quality.
Downside: straight connection yields inverted images in your camera... is it possible to get comfortable with it? I really find it very easy.